Ceiling tie and spacer



Julie 24, 1930. v s, GOLDSMITH 1,767,065

CEILING TIE-AND SPACER Filed Aug. 2. i922 v II I Patented June 24, 1930UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE MAX 5. GOLDSMITH, F CINCINNATI, OHIO,ASIGNOR TO. THE GOLDSMITH METALLATH COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, 01-110, ACORPORATION OF OHIO.

CEILING TIE AND SPACER Application filed August 2, 1922-. Serial No.579,144.

An object of my invention is to provide a ceiling tie such as isemployed in plastic construction, which will also serve as a spacer.

Another objectof my invention is to provide a simple and eflicientdevice for the purpose stated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which may beeconomically and expeditiously manufactured and applied.

These and other objects are attained by means described herein anddisclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig; 1 is a sectional view of a plastic mass having embedded in it adevice embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view 0]": a modified form of deviceembodying myinvention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of plastic masses showing the devicedisclosed in Fig. 2, in its applied form. I

Fig. 4 is a view showing an insert of the type disclosed in Fig. 1together with a cap embodying my invention prior ,to the mountingthereof. r

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a plastic mass in which another form ofdevice embodying my invention isembedded. v

In the plastic arts it is customary to provide a mold of which thewooden strips 14 form a part, and into which mold the plastic mass 45 ispoured. In order to'suspend a ceiling or other structure from theplastic mass, recourse to many devices has been taken, all of whichrequire the employment of various retaining elements to position theinserts corresponding to the inserts 6 disclosed herein. Altho suchretaining elements may be employed with my device, and under someconditions it may be preferable to use such retaining means, suchretaining means are not indispensable tomy device.

As disclosed herein my invention comprises an insert 6 which may consistof a single. wire bent upon itself whereby to form a loop or eye 7intermediate its ends 8 and 9, which ends 8 and 9 are inserted thru ahole 10 bored in the form 44:. The eye 7 formed on the insert serves topreclude the insert from dislodgment in relation to the form and to theplastic mass 45 which is poured into the form, and also functions as aholding element which when embedded in the set plastic, will support thechannel 11, the lath 12 and the plastic mass 13 forming the ceiling massbelow the floor or plastic mass 45. The ends 8 and 9 in immediatepronimity to the eye 7 are twisted upon one another as shown at 14, thisintertwining or twisting serving to establish a determinable distance atwhich the channel 11 is to be disposed below the lower face 15 of theplastic mass 45. At the time the insert is mounted upon the form 44, theextreme ends of the arms 16 and 17 are free, said ends being bent uponone another as shown at 18 after the channel 11 has been brought intoengagement upon the seat 19 formed at the lower end of the twistedsection 14:.

The insert 20 disclosed in Figs. 2 and 3 comprises an eye 21formedintermediate the ends 22 and 23 of the arms 24 and 25. The armsare bent upon the eye 21 whereby the arms may be contained within adepression 26 formed in the cap 27. The cap has apertures 28 and 29 thruwhich the arms may be inserted prior to the intertwining of the arms asshown at 30 whereby to form a seat 31. The cap is mounted upon the mold4:4 by means of nails 32 extending thru slots 33 formed in the cap.After the plastic mass has been poured upon the cap, the arms arewithdrawn from the depression in thecap, and the channel bar 11 isdisposed between the arms 24 and 25 below the seat 31, whereupon theends of the arms are twisted or intertwined upon one another as shown at34 whereby to secure the channel upon the insert. By providing the seat31, the channel may be spaced at any determinable distance from theplastic mass 15'. The lath 12 is secured to the channel 11 as is commonin the art, and the plastic mass 13 is applied to the lath 12.

Although I have disclosed but a wire insert, it is to be understood thatthe insert may be made of other materials, the material having oneportion thereof which may be embedded in the plastic, having a seatformed on it which may be passed thru -a hole in the mold and which seatserves to position a channel or other element in a determinable relationto the plastic mass in which the insert is embedded.

In the form disclosed in Fig. t, a cap 46 is employed with inserts suchas disclosed in Fig. 1. The cap is provided with a slot 47 which thearms of the insert may enter and has a groove or depression 418 in whichthe arms and intermediate portion may lie. In this method ofapplication, the arms and intermediate portion are bent at an angle tothe eye, as are the arms of the insert shown in Fig. 2.

The insert in Fig. 5 may comprise a multiple of wires bent about oneanother thruout their length to such distance as is necessary to formthe eye 4:9 and spacing portion 50. This form ot'insert may be employedwith or without a cap.

hen inserts such as shown in Fig. 2 are provided with the formdisclosed, prior to mounting upon the cap, the cap may be slit betweenthe apertures 28 and 29 as shown at 51.

By reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 it will be noted that an eye 110 isprovided between the ends of the insert, adjacent to the free ends ofthe arms of the clip and that said eye is spaced from the plastic mass45. The channels 11 are received in the eyes 110. Whereas the insertsmay be made at a factory, all of the eyes may be spaced equidistant fromthe plastic mass, when applied, whereby to attain an even or levelpositioning of the channels or retaining elements 11 andconsequent-lythe lath 12 may be hung or attached to the channels equidistant from theplastic mass and devoid of waves or undulations. The plaster 13 then maybe provided with a plane or flat, even, lower i ace in which there areno waves or undulations.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In a combined floor and ceiling struc ture the combination of aconcrete floor, a ceiling suspended from and spaced from the floor, anda combined tie and spacer member connecting the floor and ceilingcomprising a wire member embedded in the concrete floor and havingintegral depending members spacing the ceiling from the floor andtwisted on each other for suspending the ceiling from the floor.

2. In a concrete floor and suspended ceiling structure wherein theceiling is spaced from the floor, the combination of a concrete floor,ceiling tie and spacer wires each partly embedded in the concrete, thewires comprising ends projecting from the concrete floor and havingseats formed thereon, all seats spaced equidistant from the floor,support bars engaging the seats on the wires and fixed thereon inequidistant spaced relation to the floor by twisting the wires on eachother, and a ceiling structure supported by said support bars.

3. The combination with a cap having an opening and a depressiontherein, of a flexible ceiling tie and spacer extending through theopening and disposed partly in the depression in the cap, the portiondisposed within the depression in the cap having'a seat formed thereonfor receiving a support member and for spacing the support member fromthe cap when said portion is bent away from said cap, said portioncomprising means for drawing the support member against said seat andfor holding the support member on the seat, the other portion of theceiling tie and spacer adapted to be inclosed in a plastic mass forbonding same thereto, the cap adapted to protect the seat'from theplastic mass.

4. A unitary ceiling tie and spacer comprising amember for enclosure ina cementitious mass, a seat forming portion spaced from the firstmentioned portion and to be disposed without said mass, and meansextending beyond the seat forming portion and adapted to be twistedtogether for attaching a support member to the tie and spacer and forholding the support member in engagement upon the seat forming portion.

5. lVires for bonding a concrete floor and a ceiling in spacedrelationship, said wires being looped at one of their ends and eachcomprising a pair of ends twisted about one another for a predetermineddistance whereby a seat is formed on each wire at the end of saidtwisted portion of the ends, the said pair of ends extending insubstantial parallelism beyond the seat and forming means for twistingupon one another beyond a support bar that may be engaged with saidseat, the said ends of a plurality of wires when so twisted out of theirparallel relationship and upon one another, adapted to hold a supportbar in engagement upon said seats and in spaced parallel relation tosaid looped ends of the wires, the looped ends of the wires beingadapted to be embedded in a plastic mass whereby the support bar may beretained in parallelism with the plastic mass.

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 29th dayof July, 1922.

7 MAX S. GOLDSMITH.

